French ship Dixmude (L9015)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Dixmude.

BPC Dixmude (L9015) on 14 July 2011, one day after she arrived in Toulon from Saint-Nazaire for fitting out.
Career (France)
Name:	Dixmude
Namesake:	Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide[1]
Builder:	Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Laid down:	20 January 2010 in Saint-Nazaire[1]
Launched:	17 September 2010[2]
Commissioned:	December 2011
Homeport:	Toulon
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	16,500 t (empty) 21,300 t (full load) 32,300 t (with ballasts)
Length:	199 m
Beam:	32 m
Draught:	6,3 m
Propulsion:	Motorisation : 2 Mermaïd electric motors (2 × 7 MW) 2 5-bladed propellers Electrical plant: 4 Wärtsilä diesels-alternators 16 V32 (6,2 MW) + 1 Wärtsilä Vasaa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3 MW)
Speed:	18.8 knots
Range:	10,800 km at 18 knots 19,800 km at 15 knots
Capacity:	2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement:	20 officers, 80 petty officers, 60 Quarter-masters, 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise), 150 men operational headquarter
Armament:	2 Simbad systems 2 30 mm Breda-Mauser 4 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried:	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters

Dixmude (L9015) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name, and is the third ship of the Mistral-class amphibious assault ships.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dixmude: mise sur cale du 3ème BPC (French), French ministry of Defence.
2. ^ BPD Dixmude at EDA-R: la réponse aux nouvelles exigences de projection (French), French ministry of Defence

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